Water-delivering apparatus.



J. R. LAMB'& J. DAVIES.

WATER DELIVERING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.17, 1910.

Patentd N0v.14, 1911.

' wA'rEnmEtivEnmG' g g Specification er letters r at a.:Applicationfiled February it; 1910a serial noi-flefi sw1-1;rf

Io" alZ "1'1)h0m"'t may concern: Be 1t known thatwe, JOHN R. LAMB andJAMES DAVIES, citizens of the United States,

residing at Mason City and Ansley, respectively, in the countykofGusterand State .of Nebraska, have invented new and useful I Improvements inTater-Delivering Apparatus, ofwhich-the' following is aspecification.- j

a 'This invention relates 'to improvements in an apparatus fordelivering water from a well-'or o'ther'source of supply to thefaucetslocated in a house remote from and above the water levelof the ,well." a118 object-of the invention is the provision of a receptacle providedwith a domesh aped upper end having a central opening and a plurality ofreinforcing ribs embedded into the dome-shaped. end and having securedto their upper ends a plurality of studs to engage with a closure forthe I opening'jin the dome-shapedend.

I Another object is the provision of a reservoir'provided 'With apluralityo'f gage pipes the lower ends of which are-located at differentheights above the bottom of the receptacle, whereby the height. of the:water in the latter may be readily determined whenever desired.

With these "and other objects in view,

whichflwill more fully hereinafter appear, the present inventionconsists in certain novel details of construction and arrangementofparts,hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claimf-itbeing understood that Various changes in the form, proportion, size, andminor details of the device may be made, within the scope of theappended claim, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention; 1

In the accompanying drawings, forminga part of the specification:Figure.1 is a.

verticalfsectional view of the device. Fig;

2 is a 'fragmentary'sectional plan view on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a detail perspective of one of the reinforcing elemerits and studs.Fig. 4 isa similar view of the bearing collar.. I

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate corresponding.parts throughout.

"The device is intended primarily for use inr'ural districts whereaccess is not'had to the city mains and is intended to receive aquantity of, water forced thereinto' by a pump from an adjacent well andthence to i be discharged with compressed air so that the containedwater will, by the air pressure be lifted through the outlet pipe and tothe house or other sired to use the water.

What will subsequently be termed the place where it is dereservoir isdesignated in general by the numeral 5 and is preferably of concrete oranalogous plastic material. The body portion ofthe reservoir is a hollowcylindricalshaped structure the lower end of which is sealed by anoutwardly bulged bottom 6 arcuate in cross section. The upper end of thebody terminates in 'a-dome-shaped upper end designatedby the numeral'i'.The central portion of said dome-shaped end be.- ing provided with anopening 8. t

- Rising from the'dome shaped end 7 and surrounding and spaced from theopening 8 thereof is an annular wall 9. It might here be stated, thatthe receptacle 5 is designed to be embedded in the ground so. that theupper end of the cylindrical-wall 9 will be flush, or-substant-ially sowith the surface of the ground and when the device is so positioned,- itwill be obvious, by Virtue of the wall 9 that access may be had to theopening 8 through the space bounded by the wall 9.

Embedded in thebody 5 and directly beneath the dome-shaped .end. 7 isanannular metallic strip 10, and secured in any preferred manner to thestrip 10 are a plurality of metallic reinforcing elements 11.Thereinforcing elements 11 are curved to the degree of curvature of-thedome-shaped endv 7 and correspond in length to the same and are embeddedtherein at the time. of molding the reservoir. The upper ends of thereinforcing elements 11 are provided with studs 12. These {memberssurround the opening 8 of thedome-shaped end and project through thesurfacev of the reservoir and have their screw-threaded What willsubsequently be termed a bear-- ing'collar is arranged in "the opening8.

This member includes van annularbody portion designated byv the numeral13 and corresponding in diameterto the diameter of the opening 8 and inwidth tothe depth of the opening 8, or approximately so. The

projecting end portions opposite sides of the body 13 are provided withlateralcircular flanges 14 and 15the upper of which bears on the uppersurface I of the dome-shaped end 7, while'the lower is embedded in thewall of the opening 8.

A closure plate is designated by the numeral 16 and is of a size tosnugly fit within the opening 8. 'The plate is provided with aperipheral flange 17 designed-to bear on the upper flange 1-1 of thebearing collar 13 and provided with a plurality of openings for thereception of the threaded ends of the studs 12. The lower surface of theflange 17 is provided with a gasket 18 which pipe section 22 tlie lowerend of which is tapped into "the plate 16 and from the upper end ofwhich extends an air pipe 23. The upper end of'the air pipe is connectedwith a suitable air pump (not shown), and the outer end of the waterinlet pipe 20 is con nected with a force pump (not shown). Valves 24 and25 are carried by the air and -water pipes20- and 23 and serve to cutoff s red. a The outlet pipe is designated by the nuthe supply of airand water whenever demeral 25 and extends through the. plate 16 with itslower end extending to a point adjacent the bottom 6 while its oppositeor upper end leads to the house or other place to be supplied with water(not shown).

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that extending-through the plate16 area plurality of water gage pipes designated by the numerals 26, 27and 28. The upper ends of these pipes-extend above the surface of theground and are provided with cocks 29.

The-gage pipes are of different lengths-the longest pipe 28 extending toa point adjacent to the center of the bottom 6. the lower end of theintermediate pipe 27 extending to the middle portion of the pipe '28.while the, shortest pipe 26 extendsfor a short distance below theclosure plate 16.

'ith this construction it will be evident thatthe approximate height ofthe water within the reservoir may be determined at any point betweenthe lower ends of the shortest pipe 26 and longest pipe 28, by 1 openingthe cocks 29.

,A pressure gage pipe is designated by the numeral '30 and has oneend'tapped into the closure plate 16, while its upper end is providedwith a pressure gage 31 located above the surface of the ground.

A relief ipe is designated by the numeral 32 and has one end tapped intothe plate 16, while its upper end is provided with a valve 33 arrangedto open when the pressure 1n reservoir mcreases above a certain amount.I

From the foregoing it can be seen that we have provided a device whichis comparatively simple in structure and inexpensive in manufacture,embodying few parts and these so arrangedthatthe danger of derangementwill be reducedto a mininuun. 1

It will be observed when it is not desired to inject compressed air-intothe reservoir water may be pumped thereinto. whereby the air within thereservoir will be compressed sufliciently to force the water through theoutlet pipe 25, or when it .is desired to use compressed air thereservoir may be filled to the required height after which it ischarged-by the air pump (not shown) connected to the air inlet pipe 23.We claim In a liquidelevating apparatus. a reservoirformed of a plasticmaterial and including a hollow cylindrical body having an outwardlybulged bottom and a domeelements embedded in said dome-shaped end, ,anannulus in said body portion and engagin the lower ends of saidreinforcing elements, the upper ends of said reinforcing elementsextending to. points adjacent the opening of the dome and provided withaplurality of studs projecting through the outer surface of the dome .vabearing collar arranged on the side of the op'ening of the dome havingat its upper side a lateral flange bearing on the surfa'ce of the domeand on its lower sidea similar flange em bedded in the side of theopening, a closure plate forthe opening of the dome and having pluralityof openings adjacent its periphery'for the reception of said studs, andnuts threadable onto the studs for clamping the closure plate inposition.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures iii-presence of twowitnesses.

JOHA R. LAMB.

JAMES DAVIES.

Witnesses:

. EARL SMITH,

RAY Trenxrv.

shaped upper end provided with a central opening, a plurality of curvedreinforcing

